Armenia has issued a travel warning against all but highly essential travel to Iran, China, Japan, South Korea and Italy amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak.
Over 81, 000 people around the world have been infected with the novel coronavirus, 78, 497 of which are in China. A total of 2, 744 death cases were registered so far.
Italian former professional football player Alessandro Del Piero is in Yerevan.
Armenian nationals who are currently in Japan and South Korea are advised to contact the Armenian Embassy and register their contact information as the two countries are hit by the novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak.
Armenian minister of healthcare Arsen Torosyan discussed the situation caused by the novel coronavirus in Georgia with Georgian healthcare minister Ekaterine Tikaradze during a telephone conversation.
Armenian Ambassador to Iran Artashes Tumanyan urged not to spread panic over the novel coronavirus outbreak in the Islamic Republic.
The first group of Armenian nationals have been airlifted out of Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak in the Islamic Republic.
12 new flights to Armenia, mainly from Europe, are expected to open in 2020, Chairwoman of the Tourism Committee Susanna Safaryan told reporters today.
Ameriabank CJSC, Armenia’s largest bank, has been named the Best Bank Partner for Equipment Trade in Europe and Central Asia and the Best Issuing Bank in the Caucasus and Central Asia for 2019 by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. This is the second consecutive time that Ameriabank is receiving the award for Best Issuing Bank in Caucasus and Central Asia.
Pope Francis expressed his closeness to those affected by the novel coronavirus, to doctors who are working to take care for the sick, Vatican News reported.
